If the cost of health care inputs in the U.S. were in line with other wealthy countries, the government would already be paying almost enough to cover the cost of Medicare for All

There is an awful lot of nonsense that passes as serious analysis within economics. For cheap fun, I thought I would use a nice spring afternoon to highlight some of my favorites

While it is still quite far from becoming law in even an optimistic scenario, it is certainly now treated as serious political position

A Winnable Battle Our Side Doesn’t Want to Fight

The rich wrote the rules in ways that ensure that they get a disproportionate share of income. We have to attack these rules

Inequality was not a natural outcome of the market and technology — it was manufactured by design

The sharp rise in the trade deficit in the last decade had a devastating impact on manufacturing workers and whole communities in large parts of the Northeast and the Midwest

The only losers in this story are the folks in the financial sector who make their money on needless trades

While the blame for Europe’s economic problems over the last decade can very clearly be laid at the doorstep of its leaders who have insisted on austerity, the media consistently ignore evidence that is as clear as day

In Washington policy circles, being a supporter of free trade is pretty much comparable to saying you believe in evolution. All reasonable…